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• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 2021

  

  The Contenders: Nicole Kidman: Being the Ricardos Jessica Chastain: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (winner) Olivia Colman: The Lost Daughter Penelope Cruz: Parallel... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Flipping the Bird

  

  Film: Hatching (Pahanhautoja) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. Hatching (or Pahanhautoja if you want the Finnish) is a film that... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Say "Cheese(y)"

  

  Film: Smile Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. When you watch movies based on a list (or a variety of lists) there are certain... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Adapted Screenplay 2021

  

  The Contenders: CODA (winner) Drive My Car Dune The Lost Daughter The Power of the Dog What’s Missing The Best Adapted Screenplay award is a frustrating one... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Cinematic Cheeseburger

  

  Film: CODA Format: Streaming video from Apple+ on basement television. Years ago, I was a fan of the HBO show Mr. Show. One of the many skits on that show was... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Self-Referential Title is Self-Referential

  

  Film: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Format: Streaming video from NetFlex on rockin’ flatscreen. On the day after Christmas, 2022, noted failed screenwriter... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Welcome to the Family

  

  Film: The Invitation (2022) Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. I knew within the first 10 minutes that The Invitation was going to... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2021

  

  The Contenders: Belfast (winner) Don’t Look Up King Richard Licorice Pizza The Worst Person in the World What’s Missing There was a surprising number of... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Brokeback Ranch

  

  Film: The Power of the Dog Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on Fire! I tried to watch The Power of the Dog a couple of months ago, and for whatever reason, ... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 0 62, 0 Hell

  

  Film: Bingo Hell Format: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on Fire! One of the things I like about horror movies is that they don’t really take a lot of set up... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Home (Un)sweet Home

  

  Film: The Haunting of Hill House Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on various players. Most horror movies, or at least a significant majority of horror... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• When You Wish Upon a Jar

  

  Film: Three Thousand Years of Longing Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. George Miller has the weirdest IMDb page. If you don’t... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I've Caught Up With, December 2022

  

  I didn't watch much in December in general aside from television. I finished a rewatch of Burn Notice (highly recommened) and M*A*S*H (which mostly holds up). Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Animated Feature 2021

  

  The Contenders: Encanto (winner) Flee Luca The Mitchells vs. the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon What’s Missing I don’t watch a lot of animated movies in... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dare to Be Stupid

  

  Film: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Format: Streaming video from The Roku Channel on basement television I’ve been looking forward to Weird: The Al Yankovic Stor... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• End of Year Thirteen

  

  Year 13 is in the books. Thirteen years. Amazing. So I wasn’t particularly productive for much of this year, and especially in the last couple of months, I... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Little Wooden Boy

  

  Film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Format: Streaming video from NetFlix on Fire! It was always going to be a case of “when” when it came to Guillermo del... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• X Más

  

  This has been a difficult year in a lot of respects. Over the past couple of months, I’ve had a hard time getting here, thanks to a lot of other things going on. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Clerical Error

  

  Film: Sole Survivor Format: Streaming video from Amazon Prime on Fire! Sometimes, someone comes up with a really good idea for a story. Sole Survivor is like... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• What I've Caught Up With, November 2022

  

  November was a rough month for me, mostly because of work. I didn't watch a lot of movies in general--in fact, I went almost two weks without watching anything... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2022 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES